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I never will understant those whom fervently believe that scooping the cue ball is a perfectly acceptable shot :rolleyes:

75 skills every man should master

Check out especially #33 :eek:

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33. Hit a jump shot in pool. It's not something you use a lot, but when you hit a jump shot, it marks you as a player and briefly impresses women. Make the angle of your cue steeper, aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball, and drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt.

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Looks like we're going to see a new wave of these despicable creatures :mad:
 
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33. Hit a jump shot in pool. It's not something you use a lot, but when you hit a jump shot, it marks you as a player and briefly impresses women. Make the angle of your cue steeper, aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball, and drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt.
 
33. Hit a jump shot in pool. It's not something you use a lot, but when you hit a jump shot, it marks you as a player and briefly impresses women. Make the angle of your cue steeper, aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball, and drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt.
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That could be a description of a legal jump shot. It says "Make the angle of your cue steeper", which isn't necessary for a scoop shot - in fact, it makes scooping harder to do. "Aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball" might just mean aim below the CB's center, which is common advice for legal jumps (although not really necessary). And "drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt" could just be advice to follow through (also not necessary, but common advice).

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Patrick Johnson said:
That could be a description of a legal jump shot. It says "Make the angle of your cue steeper", which isn't necessary for a scoop shot - in fact, it makes scooping harder to do. "Aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball" might just mean aim below the CB's center, which is common advice for legal jumps (although not really necessary). And "drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt" could just be advice to follow through (also not necessary, but common advice).

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or maybe everyone should just read GQ.
 
jongreve said:
(article in Esquire)
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Clearly the editors/staff at Esquire are idiots. They left out the most important part: remove all the chalk from your tip before jumping.
 
jongreve said:
I never will understant those whom fervently believe that scooping the cue ball is a perfectly acceptable shot :rolleyes:

75 skills every man should master

Check out especially #33 :eek:

(edit: sorry, you shouldn't have to click on a silly link when I can cut & paste)

33. Hit a jump shot in pool. It's not something you use a lot, but when you hit a jump shot, it marks you as a player and briefly impresses women. Make the angle of your cue steeper, aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball, and drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt.

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Looks like we're going to see a new wave of these despicable creatures :mad:
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A very similar description once appeared in a major mag. under "10 things men need to know to impress women".

Case in point... I was recently recovering a table in one of my commercial accounts when two young guys came over to play on the table right next to me. It was the table I had just put new cushions and Simions 860 on the day before. From past experiences, I have learned when someone starts playing next to me when I'm working to observe how they play in order to get an idea of what the odds are that I will be hit by flying balls or twirling cues.

They racked up eight ball and one of the young men took his position at the head of the table. Things didn't look good for me when he couldn't hold the cue at all in his bridge hand. The odds of me getting hit skyrocked when he completely whiffed on his first two attempts to hit the cue ball. At this point his playing partner said "Let me try that". He was somewhat better and managed to graze the rack on his first attempt, naturally sending the cueball flying off the table.

Now, there was no doubt in my mind what was coming. If there is one thing that all non-players know, it's the scoop shot. I wasn't disappointed. Halfway through the first game the player who couldn't hit the cueball had a clear shot at one of his balls, but for a reason known only to non-players, chose to take aim at a ball blocked by one of his opponent's balls and scoop under the cueball in an attempt to make it.

Telling non-players that they can't use the scoop shot because it is a foul is like telling a heavy-set person that they shouldn't wear tight fitting clothes. If they think they look good, it doesn't matter.

In this case I told them that management had just paid a lot of money to have that table recovered and if they were seen using the "jump shot" they would be asked to leave.
 
That could be a description of a legal jump shot. It says "Make the angle of your cue steeper", which isn't necessary for a scoop shot - in fact, it makes scooping harder to do. "Aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball" might just mean aim below the CB's center, which is common advice for legal jumps (although not really necessary). And "drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt" could just be advice to follow through (also not necessary, but common advice).

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chgo
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or maybe everyone should just read GQ.
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